Table 1 Analysis of few earlier Bioaerosol studies in metropolitan subway systems.
City | References | Analyzed microbiome | Method used |
|---|---|---|---|
Seoul | Cho et al.38 | Fungi | Culture-based |
Hwang et al.51 | Bacteria | Culture-based | |
Kim et al.56 | Bacteria & Fungi | Culture-based | |
Hwang and Park57 | Bacteria | Culture-based | |
Hwang and Cho58 | Fungi | Culture-based | |
Hwang et al.59 | Bacteria | Culture-based | |
Heo and Lee60 | Bacteria | Culture-based | |
New York | Robertson et al.29 | Bacteria, Archaea & Eukarya | DAPI counts, 454 pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene & Sanger |
Singapore | Coleman et al.30 | Viruses | Real-time RT-PCR/PCR |
Barcelona | Triadó-Margarit et al.31 | Bacteria, A. Fumigatus Influenza A & B and Rhinoviruses | 454 Pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene & quantitative PCR |
Moscow | Alexeev et al.61 | Bacteria | High throughput amplicon sequence of 16S rRNA gene |
Oslo | Dybwad et al.28 | Bacteria | Culture-based, MALDI-TOF MS & 16S rRNA gene sequencing from isolates |
Dybwad et al.26 | Bacteria | Culture-based & MALDI-TOF MS | |
Gohli et al.32 | Bacteria | Iilumina Miseq of 16S rRNA gene & quantitative PCR | |
Athens | Grydaki et al.34 | Bacteria & Fungi | Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region and high-throughput amplicon sequence of 16S rRNA gene |
